After I confirmed all the OS and users have been migrated to my new iMac 27, removed all the previous copied users from TM, and backed up everything to my TM again, I checked my updates today. No surpassingly, there are some updates; however, some looks like I have done in my previous iMac 24, refer to my previous updates.
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Finally I received my iMac 27 i5 yesterday! The iMac was shipped out on Dec 11, 2009 as scheduled from Shanghai, China. That time was Friday evening close to 8:00. Then it was quickly scanned on departure on the next day. On the same day it arrived at Japan and it took only 2 hours in the out. Then a long journey started. From north west Anchorage, AK, 2 days there, down to south Louisville KY, up north east to Buffalo NY, it took 5 days in US. When it arrived in Canada Mount Hope, ON, it was another weekend. Each weekend the iMac stayed for 2 days. When it was delivered to my house on Dec 21, I missed the first time because my wife and my daughter went out. Fortunately, the UPS tried to delivery on second time on the same day. My wife accepted the package. That’s was a surprise, because I phone UPS for me to pick it up on the next day and I was not expecting it.
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By default, VIM has match feature. For example, if you edit a .c file, press ‘%’ when you are at {, [, or ( char, you will see the corresponding }, ], or ) is highlighted, and your cursor will jump back the forth. It is a very handy feature. For html file, a tag like <table> is also pair case, with </table> as end tag. % char would not smart enough to find this pair. Based on the Best of VIM Tips, VIM Wiki’s Editor choice, matachit.vim is in the section of “Really useful”.
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I have Growl on my Mac for long time. I cannot remember when I got it. I think I installed it because it was recommended as one of must-haves. It is a notification application based on Growl Notification Protocol (GNTP). Many applications support GNTP and send notifications to Growl such as Browser, Mails, Chat, XMarks, …
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I got another update at 09-12-17 11:09: Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 2.7.
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Last week I purchased an Epson printer: Epson WorkForce Wireless All-In-One Inkjet Printer (610). It is a Wi-fi based printer, no need any cables except power. I set up its network connection from its front panel to join my local Wi-fi network. On my MacBook Pro, I had remove the printer once. The second time when I added a new printer, this Epson was in the available list. It was connected and tested OK.
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I thought PsExec.exe would never fail to start a process on remote. I got my first failure last week when I was working on a project to do a similar remote execution call as I did before for a Windows XP Prof box. I had not problem running PsExec.exe to zip a file on Windows XP box before. However, this time for that Windows XP box, I got a failure: Access denied.
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Yesterday I subscribed to MacUser blog, which is recommended by 苹果 fans. MacUser’s yesterday blog mentioned this update.
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PS supports remote process. That means you may run a process on a remote Windows. Recently I was working on a project which requires to run a process on a remote Windows box. I tried to use WMI process to start a process on remote. It works on one box (Windows XP), but the same codes do not work on a Windows 2008 server.
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Yesterday I found the new Java for Mac OX 10.6 Update 1 from my Mac Software Update.
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